Gear Reviews
Just Announced: 2019 Audio Product Releases @ Avid Connect Live
New 2019 Audio Product Releases Just Announced LIVE from Belmont University! Check out the news from AVID below: This morning we announced our new product releases via global live stream from Belmont University at Avid Connect Live Nashville! We unveiled two new audio...
Premium Lyrics: Curated Words for Serious Songwriters
“Why do I find it hard to write the next line? Oh, I want the truth to be said.” Spandau Ballet’s "True" In 1983, while staying at his parents’ house, Gary Kemp wrote the lyrics to what would become Spandau Ballet’s biggest hit. The song, “True,” was about several...
Avid to Introduce New Products at Avid Connect in Nashville
Avid will host a three-day celebration of the music community that creates, produces, performs and distributes its music with Avid creative tools and solutions. The event takes place July 18-20 in Nashville “Music City USA” while the Summer NAMM music conference is in...
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Photo Gallery: Matt and Kim Live in Boston
Last night, Boston's House of Blues was set ablaze by the multifaceted bombast that is Matt and Kim. The duo, beaming sunny vibes accompanied by elastic rhythms and warm keyboard chords, were in their element as they prompted concert goers to dole out raucous...
A Quick Guide to YouTube Advertising for Musicians
Today's society loves a good visual, so music videos, live performances, and even lyric videos are becoming huge components in a musician's tool kit. Plenty of fans stumble upon new music from YouTube – in fact, it's the number one way that teens today discover...
Quick Recap: Lolawolf Live in Boston
The artistry that Lolawolf embody is not only provocative, it's ironically endearing. Frontwoman Zoe Kravitz possesses an airy, shockingly clear voice that has the ability to easily grab and keep almost anyone's attention. This past Friday night at Boston's Paradise...
Buying Guide
Supro Analog Delay Pedal REVIEW
The new compact Supro analog delay pedal packs a lot into a standard single pedal footprint, with the usual Level, Time and Repeat settings we’ve come to know from other classic delays. A welcome addition is the filter control, as well as a mini toggle that can assign...
REVIEW: RØDECaster Pro Podcast Studio
A big bottleneck to getting started for a lot of people is the right gear. Rode made this step super easy with their RodeCaster Pro Podcast Studio. For anyone who’s used any kind of mixer, the front panel is very familiar; essentially a 4-channel input section that...
REVIEW: Revv Amplification G4 Pedal
Finding a high gain distortion pedal that acts and sounds like an amp is difficult; most sit on what could be called juvenile, for the younger player who hasn’t figured out the balance between gain, volume and tone. Revv took their high gain Generator series amps, and...
Industry News
Stream the FREE Elixir Strings New Music Sampler Vol. 1
Stream our FREE playlist, featuring our most recent Elixir Strings "artists of the month" as they drop some exclusive music recorded with the new Optiweb coated guitar strings. Over the past few months, we've been bringing you behind-the-scenes videos from Cameron...
4 Pro Tips for Pressing Vinyl
This summer, Kindercore Vinyl opened our record pressing plant in Athens, Georgia with brand new, state-of-the-art WarmTone presses from Viryl Technologies. Since the mid-1990s, we have all worked as touring musicians, record label owners, audio engineers, and record...
Logitech Agrees to Acquire Blue Microphones
Big news from our friends at Blue Microphones. From their site: Logitech has announced plans to acquire Blue Microphones—and we are super excited about it! Blue’s mission is to help our users find and amplify their voice by making the coolest microphones on the...